Is Barbados Expensive? | Barbados Vlog | Supermarket Prices in Barbados Island
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- Опубліковано 6 гру 2022
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In this video, we went to a local supermarket in Barbados and did some shopping. We checked the prices in Popular Discounts supermarket. Barbados is very expensive even if you shop from the supermarket but it's the most cost effective way to stay in Barbados in an airbnb. We hope this is informative for you! We stayed in a Barbados vacation rental for two weeks and survived this way =)
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I miss Barbados. Lived there for almost 4 years. Yes it is a bit expensive as compared to some of the neighbouring islands since most of the goods are imported. For tourists it's not possible to know where to buy what, but if you have been living there for a while you can always figure out where to buy cheaper stuff.
Love this video. I used to shop at popular discounts often. Brings back memories. 😊
Thank you!
If you go to Oistins avoid the Tiger gas station. There are no prices and the first time I went I paid £8 for a bag of Lays crisps. We discovered Massys the next day and it was much better.
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Barbados is actually less expensive than the other islands. The meats are actually less there than where I live in the US especially with inflation due to Covid. Black cake is usually more because it has rum. I’m not sure if you said the half cake is $75 but the price said $14.95.
It can be true. In our experience, Barbados was way more expensive than Grenada, Curacao and Trinidad.
Yes Barbados is expensive. Popular is one of the cheapest supermarkets.
Yes, after searching around a little bit, popular had the best prices.
Only on some items too attract customers. Parsley recently at nearly $60.00 a kilo.
We bought 3 straws of parsley for 3 USD, that's shocking =D
Beautiful couple. You guys look like brother and sister👍
thnks :D
its funny to be on an island and buy (FROZEN FISH) instead of fresh fish
Depends 😊 We’re currently in Thailand (Krabi) basicaly a fishing town. Here, the supermarket does not clean little fishes (because it is cheaper) and we don’t stay in a place with a capable kitchen. So, sometimes frozen is the best choice 😄
Prices in US are so inflated.. paying $8 for a box of cereal. No wonder it’s double down there
It is very important to add that these prices are in barbados dollers not in us dollars ..1 us doller is 2 barbados dollers you would have paid less than $20 us for the things you bought
Buy Caribbean products, they are way cheaper than American & English imports. Get your fresh vegetables & fruits from Cheapside market & small vendors on the roadside.
Hi Maria, whenever we asked the prices of vegetables to the roadside small vendors, they quoted higher prices than even the supermarkets. The cheapest things were Canadian products, like the tuna cans.
and understand that those same road side vendors get some of the veg and fruits from the same major importers that Massy does.. and some fruits and veg aren't grown here,.. or can't grow in the quantities that are market sustainable.. there are things that farmers have cultivated that are working.. but again. not enough to support ALL of those products being local.
Vegetables in oistins are cheap. Fresh fish at the fish market. 🎉🎉
We visited Massy yesterday and was shocked by the prices, especially imported goods. Gordon’s gin was on a special offer at $80 a bottle (Barbados money). Meat, fish and baby nappies seemed particularly expensive. Wine was extortionately expensive at $33 a bottle. The young women serving on the till looked thoroughly depressed 😟😰😡
Crazy expensive, right?
I found that you misquoted some of the prices
Not all locals go to Popular. as has been said. SOME items are cheaper, but not all. and their items aren't always brands that some people want to purchase. also.. probably 90pct of all goods in Barbados are imported.. this is also very much the reason for the expense of items here. I've shopped in both stores on occasion but it's not ever my first choice..
You are right, most things are imported. Still, I can't believe there are no local mangos in the supermarket.
@@inthatpostcard like most things the world over, there is a season.. Local Barbadian mangos.. mostly "Julie" and "Pawi" grow in the summer months.. usually May through September.. and trust me. they are plentiful.. some may grow later in the year, but. .not always. so if "local" mangos aren't on supermarket shelves or at the fruit stand around the corner. that's why. Bajan Cherries are fabulous.. great for you.. but rare.. as the birds get them before people can harvest them. .We have a big tree in our back yard.. again. a summertime fruit.. small.. and the birds get more than we do..
seasonal is the same with some Fish that are caught by Barbadian Fishing boats.. Dolphin, Flying Fish, YellowFin & Bigeye Tuna (which is mostly exported to Miami with some left here), Amberjack etc.. As your local fruit and veg vendor about locally grown products and see what they say.
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Are the market prices shared BBD$?
Sorry for the late reply. Yes the prices are in BBD 🇧🇧
This country is crazy expensive
It is, right?
The cake was $14.95 for half a cake not $75
Maybe we misunderstood that but cakes were always so expensive.
PriceLo in Sargents village is cheaper
Next time we try that one.
Price-Lo is actually part of Massy, but yes.. their prices are lower. but selection is limited
@@SarahPLayne I agree about the limited selection.
Prices are absolutely over the top in 🇧🇧
And you don t earn enough money to finance the shopping🙄😱😬
Yes, the prices are absolutely higher than normal when compared to US even. For example in Grenada, everything is very reasonably priced. Also, even if you have the money, certain things are hard to find, like lettuces, mango and coconut in the supermarkets.
Wow - so much plastic! I guess they don't worry about that very much?
Not really =(
@@inthatpostcard adn @Nikola Boadway. there is a law on the books now regardin single use plastics. this happened a few years before Covid. Government has made great headway in that respect and the importers of complied. to say that it's policed is a different matter. you can't buy a plastic straw anymore.. or a regular plastic cup.. clingfilm/plastic wrap is still used. but much depends on what for. would like to know what you find that is So Much Plastic?? again.. Single Use Plastics are not allowed to be imported into Barbados..
ALL prices are in bajan dollars?
Yes. Most of the shops and supermarkets also accept US dollars but all price tags are bajan dollars.
@@inthatpostcard What I like about Barbados, in the larger supermarkets you can pull out US Dollars, UK Pounds or Euro's and they will take it. Can't do that at Tescos, always carry a handfull of £20 notes or if the £-$ exchange is good take some US dollars. You dont get a great rate but if you want something from the shop and have no BDS Dollars dont worry.
In Barbados you don't live you survive.
It seems so 🙂 But still even surviving in such a beautiful country is a bliss ♥️